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n. (storm drain English)
Usage examples of "storm drains".
He knew that the enormous metal ceiling above him must actually be the drainage basin at the lowest level of the Reservoir, where its earthen bed met the complex tangle of storm drains and feeder tunnels.
I'm an inspector, I don't arrest guys for throwing firecrackers and yelling into storm drains.
At first, it seemed to him that this was a prehistoric creature, something millions of years old that had somehow dropped through a time warp into the storm drains.
And when the storm drains get overloaded, doesn't the overflow go into the Astor Tunnels?
Beneath most of the sewer and storm drains like they were, you could never keep them dry.
Clearly, he did not relish the idea of using the storm drains for a getaway.
The torrent was steady now and it gushed offthe concrete overhang to join the flood that swirled in a small river down Kotewall Road, overflowing the gutters, the storm drains long since choked, carrying with it stones and mud and vegetation that came off the high banks and slopes above.
Even then, they travel as much as possible by storm drains, parks, arroyos, dry riverbeds, vacant lots, and perhaps from tree to tree.
There he swung down to where the storm drains emptied into the sea.
The torrent was steady now and it gushed off the concrete overhang to join the flood that swirled in a small river down Kotewall Road, overflowing the gutters, the storm drains long since choked, carrying with it stones and mud and vegetation that came off the high banks and slopes above.
Instead, folk emptied their stinking buckets into the storm drains.
Instead of stone pavement, or even stone walks with storm drains, they used mud.